Wow – so many great job postings are coming in this week! This one is for a promotion coordinator at Atlanta Motor Speedway, which would be great for someone interested in media relations, marketing or communications.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, marketing or a related field, plus two to four years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. The qualified candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communications skills, will be highly organized, and will possess a well-developed sense of initiative. Candidates should also have experience with new and emerging media platforms. Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word and Excel is required.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist Promotion Department
  • Reports to Dir. of Marketing & Promotion– duties assigned as necessary.
• Public Relations
  • Assist with planning all media events.
  • Primary planner of Thursday Thunder and Friday Night Drags media events.
  • Maintain relationships with local and regional tourism organizations to help promote events while utilizing all marketing assets available to AMS.
  • Liaison for all community PR events: Blood drives, etc.
  • Oversee Promotional Pace Car schedule for all appearances/track uses
  • Ensure all media guides and programs are archived properly.
  • Respond to all fan inquiries (AMS forums, phone, mail or email).
• Event Promotion
  • Brainstorm, with staff input, to find promotions to drive ticket sales.
• Advertising:
  • Assist with the planning and execution of marketing and advertising plans for all Speedway events.
  • Assist on tracking and reporting of success of all advertising campaigns.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with media/advertising partners.
  • Ensure successful execution of all track promotion & agreements with media/advertising partners.
  • Source quotes on all print projects.
  • Maintain archive of all promotional material produced.
  • Day-to-day contact with Ticketmaster for copy and photos.
• Event Weekend Responsibilities
  • Manage Media Center / Press Box on race weekend, including but not limited to scheduling, staffing, catering and logistics.
  • Assist with the coordination of event weekend credential requests including ordering credentials, approving external requests and assisting media with SMI Credential System.
  • Coordinate all promotion winners’ activities – assign worker to execute.
• Miscellaneous
  • Switchboard rotation at front desk until two weeks prior to race.
  • Assistant duties: deliver mail, UPS shipments and place all Office Depot orders.
  • Thursday Thunder/Friday Night Drags/Motorama/track event rental staffing as needed

Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. Do you have any corporate or ticket sales experience?
2. Please provide one promotional idea designed to sell tickets.

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Lots of great, non-technical jobs in NASCAR and here’s another one for an advertising manager at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This would be great if you’re getting a communications or media degree, or interned or had experience at an advertising agency. If you’re interested in this one, you might also like the communications manager positions at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Phoenix International Raceway.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, marketing or a related field, plus two to four years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. The qualified candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communications skills, will be highly organized, and will possess a well-developed sense of initiative. Candidates should also have experience with new and emerging media platforms. Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word and Excel is required.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist Promotion Department
  • Reports to Dir. of Marketing & Promotion– duties assigned as necessary.
• Advertising:
  • Develop and maintain relationships with track media / marketing / advertising partners.
  • Strategize and coordinate marketing and advertising plan for all track events.
  • Evaluate and recommend advertising proposals.
  • Negotiate and place advertising with track marketing and advertising partners
  • Track and report on the success of all advertising campaigns.
  • Ensure successful execution of all track promotion & advertising agreements with track partners.
  • Source quotes on all print projects.
  • Maintain archive of all promotional material produced.
  • Day-to-day contact with Ticketmaster for copy and photos.
• Public Relations
  • Assist with planning all media events.
  • Primary planner of Thursday Thunder and Friday Night Drags media events.
  • Maintain relationships with local and regional tourism organizations to help promote events while utilizing all marketing assets available to AMS.
  • Liaison for all community PR events: Blood drives, etc.
  • Oversee Promotional Pace Car schedule for all appearances/track uses
  • Ensure all media guides and programs are archived properly.
  • Respond to all fan inquiries (AMS forums, phone, mail or email).
• Event Promotion
  • Brainstorm, with staff input, to find promotions to drive ticket sales.
• Event Weekend Responsibilities
  • Manage Media Center / Press Box on race weekend, including but not limited to scheduling, staffing, catering and logistics.
  • Assist with the coordination of event weekend credential requests including ordering credentials, approving external requests and assisting media with SMI Credential System.
  • Coordinate all promotion winners’ activities – assign worker to execute.
• Miscellaneous
  • Thursday Thunder/Friday Night Drags/Motorama/track event rental staffing as needed.

Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. Do you have any corporate or ticket sales experience?
2. Please provide one promotional idea designed to sell tickets.
3. Describe your advertising experience.

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Similar to yesterday’s job opening for a racing communications manager at Phoenix International, today we have a communications manager position opening at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Read on for the job description and click to TeamworkOnline at the bottom to apply.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, marketing or a related field, plus two to four years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. The qualified candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communications skills, will be highly organized, and will possess a well-developed sense of initiative. Candidates should also have experience with new and emerging media platforms. Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word and Excel is required.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist Promotion Department
  • Reports to Dir. of Marketing & Promotion – Duties assigned as necessary
• Writing
  • Serve as the primary writer for all AMS communications including, but not limited to: promotional collateral, souvenir program, newsletters, email blasts and press releases.
  • Assist with creation of press release schedule for event promotion
  • Conduct research to find and write feature stories
  • Provide copy for external promotions & track collateral
  • Serve as the primary writer for all Legends and Drags events
• Public Relations
  • Assist with Public Relations initiatives by developing and maintaining relationships with local media outlets
  • Compile, analyze and create media placement reports for track events and initiatives utilizing VOCUS.
  • Ensure all local and national community events calendars are accurate and up to date with track events and activities.
  • Oversee archival of media clip file and reporting on media placement.
  • Edit and update all track media guides for NSCS and Legends events.
• Marketing
  • Assist with copy writing for brochures, flyers, print ads, online ads, billboards, etc.
  • Assist in the creation and execution of video elements to tell the stories of the track.
  • Generate story ideas for Souvenir Program
  • Work in tandem with Track Graphic Designer to create track sales & marketing collateral.
• Intern Program
  • Reach out to colleges with sports management programs to recruit high-caliber interns.
  • Manage day to day activities of interns.
  • Assist in interviewing process of interns.
• Event Promotion
  • Brainstorm, with staff input, to find promotions to drive ticket sales.
• Miscellaneous
  • Switchboard rotation at front desk until two weeks prior to race.
  • Staffing for Media Events as needed

Note: When you apply for this job online, you will be required to answer the following questions:

1. Do you have any corporate or ticket sales experience?
2. Please provide one promotional idea designed to sell tickets.

Apply for this position

The Manager of Communications will implement and help manage specific projects related to the successful execution of Phoenix International Raceway communications and outreach, securing high volume placement, and identifying opportunities. The Manager will also assist in developing successful short-and long-term communications strategies.

The role requires strong interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks

• Creating and implementing strategic and integrated communications plans using a wide range  of communications tactics to support programmatic and organizational efforts
• Conceptualizing compelling story ideas and drafting well-researched story pitches that result in media placements
• Drafting, editing and disseminating communications materials such as press releases, media/photo advisories, website and other materials as required
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with local and national media, as well as fellow communications professionals within the motorsports community
• Arranging and covering radio, print, online and television interviews/appearances as required
• Working with Director of Communications to manage all media credentials application approvals and processes
• Coordinating specific public relations tasks and/or events with other departments and managing the implementation of these projects as necessary
• Managing all media center logistics, processes and staff for all event weekends
• Developing strong relationships with other NASCAR tracks. Serving as liaison and point of contact for track relationships.
• Managing proactive and ongoing NASCAR/ISC industry relationships.
• Working with Director of Communications and Consumer Marketing department to develop and implement creative and engaging digital communication plans
• Media guide and souvenir program production.
• Perform superior care and service to internal and external customers.
• Perform quality work with deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and vendors.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Performance Measures

• Managing the media center operations expenses and staffing expenses to maintain budgetary integrity for each event.
• Generate incremental increases in media exposure through increased number of live TV news hits and local print media coverage during race weekend.
• Work across the organization to create measurable goals for promotional events (i.e. driver appearances, press conferences) and identify strategies to meet and exceed those goals.

Qualifications

• BA/BS, Communications or related
• 1-3 years of communications/public relations experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Supervisory Responsibilities

Management of temporary seasonal media center personnel

Work Requirements

• Usual office working conditions.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities, duties, functions and tasks.

Special Position Requirements

• Available to work all professional race event weekends.
• Position may require travel as requested.

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Here’s a great job opening for a racing career that doesn’t necessarily require racing training or education. This shows you that you can intern at a place like a media outlet or advertising agency and apply that experience to a career in motorsports. The posting comes from our friends at TeamworkOnline.com and you can click over at the bottom to apply for this job in racing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Sales Support

• Manage MRN, mrn.com and Sprint Vision media sales materials
• Develop and create sales presentations and proposals For ISC Marketing (Integrated Media Sales, Partnership Marketing and Partnership Sales) prospects and existing clients
• Provide and understand custom research (Nielsen, Scarborough, etc…)
• Assist MRN Traffic Department with creative and materials acquisition
• Liaison with the IM Sales and Traffic to ensure sold schedules run as ordered
• Resolution of contract discrepancies
• Organize research and competitive information
• Maintain client promotions and sponsorships

Inventory Management

• Maintain available media inventory data
• Maintain sponsorship feature inventory data
• Maintain and update media rate card
• Maintain and update program audience estimates

Qualifications

• 1 years experience in media buying and/or planning
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Able and willing to work overtime
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain strong business relationships are required
• Good organizational and project management skills are necessary
• Effective and clear written and verbal communications skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook is required
• Passion for motorsports is preferred

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